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Do you support charter schools?

Do you support independent schools?

Independent schools are taxpayer funded K-12 schools that are managed by private companies. In 1994 Alberta became the first province to allow independent schools. There are 23 independent schools in Alberta and it remains the only province which enables them.

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Response rates from 595k Canada voters.

57%
Yes
43%
No
44%
Yes
33%
No
10%
Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools
7%
No, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead
4%
Yes, but only if they are non-profit
3%
No, and education should not be privatized
0%
Yes, and our entire education system should be privatized

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 @B2GRGV5from Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

Independent school are okay but they should not be funded in any way by the government. They should be paid in full by those attending.

 @B2KLS5Mfrom Mindoro Occidental  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but support for independent school should be balanced with investments in public education to ensure that every student, regardless of income, has access to a quality education.

 @BB4V66Rfrom Alberta  answered…4mos4MO

yes because families should have the choice to choose what school their kids go to and I also like public schools though

 @B8MZTFRfrom Alberta  answered…7mos7MO

Independent and private schools should be responsible for their own funding as they are a for profit organization. Funding from the government should only go to public education.

 @B4FKM6Sfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

I support them but I also support and believe public schools should be improved and teacher wages should be increased

 @B364M34from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but the parents/guardians of the student attending private schools should be the ones funding the school.

 @B2WRHY4from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

As a tax payer I do not what to pay for both independent and public funded schools. I think independent schools can exist I just do not want to pay for them.

 @B2W3XZ2from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes but only if public education still has proper funding and children who can't afford private education still have good opportunities to graduate and be educated.

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